Public Library Geeks Take Web 2.0 to the Stacks

April 2, 2007

Beverly Hanly

When the IT director at North Carolina's Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
public library began training staff in the latest web technologies, she
lured reluctant participants with bribes -- a free MP3 player and the
chance to win a laptop.

Six months later, the program they developed is the real prize. Learning
2.0, developed by public services technology director Helene Blowers,
has become a surprise grassroots hit, available for free on the web and
adopted by dozens of other libraries around the globe.

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